I agree with you on the raw talent aspect. However, a "5.0" rated junior is going to lose every time to the 5.0 rated 28 year old. Why? Age has benefits that only the greatests of talents can supersede. Becker, Hewitt, Chang, Nadal. They were the young guns that could hang with the big boys. Not even Federer, Agassi, Edberg, Wilander, McEnroe or even Sampras for a long time could. There is something about having all of the talent in the world, and then being at that age where your skill catches up to your mental game, your overall fitness and your strategy. This is the reason why juniors are purposely not ranked using the NTRP scale.There are intangibles which separate them from adults, regardless of playing ability.

If I use 52/56 for my B5E/Thunder Blast tension, what would you recommend for B5E/gut. PVAudio sent me a pack of Performaxx and Unifibre that I think I'll finally string up.

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I kept it the same, and it felt great. Its winter, so I'd keep it the same, maybe bump it up to 53/57 or 54/58 because It's a lockout. I mean, I'm not entirely sure about the power level of performaxx, but I know pacific classic is lower powered (sorry, thinking out loud here), so I'd ask PV about that.

I'm going to say try going up a pound or two because you like a lower powered setup.

Stringing- not easy. About like bhbr except it didn't coil up as much.

Groundstrokes- really good. It's pretty low powered, but it still has some power. Spin was abundant, and control was there. Consistent response, and hit a pretty heav ball.
Overall- 9/10

Serves- great for kicks, but flat serves we're lacking. I mean, it's not bad, but it wasn't easy to lay it out with this setup.
Overall- 8/10

Volleys- woah. Not where you want alot of spin. There wasn't alot of feel. It was just not a very good setup for volleys.
Overall- 6/10

Durability- pretty good. Not one of those strings that goes dead too quickly and breaks soon. Its probably going to be good for a poly.
Overall- 9/10

Softness- 1 being the softest...ah you know the drill.
Overall- 8.5/10

This was a pleasantly surprising string from the baseline. It was like a lower powered bhsr with really good spin. It was just so lacking at the net. This would be a great setup for a baseline grinder.
Overall- 8.5/10

I strung it the same as B5E/Thunder Blast being 52/56 on a lockout. My description of the stringing experience to PVAudio was a little more colorful than I can get away with posting here. It was still good to finally work with it.

I strung it the same as B5E/Thunder Blast being 52/56 on a lockout. My description of the stringing experience to PVAudio was a little more colorful than I can get away with posting here. It was still good to finally work with it.

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First ones always the hardest. Wait till you have to string gut mains and tour bite crosses. Talk about colorful language...

The worst though, is a gut who insists on vs mains and bbo rough crosses in his blx 95 18x20. I'm sooo close to not stringing for him any more.

I never questioned his knowledge, and again, I was actually hoping he knew something I didn't. Yes, he's done a great job with this thread, and I believe I posted something to that effect earlier (several pages ago).

It's commonplace for people to see something written or hear something uttered from a would-be respected source and take that as law. U&P is certainly well respected on these boards, and deservedly so, hence others who aren't inclined to question what they read would take his statement as gospel and quite possibly pass it on to others, perpetuating the myth.

more "seasoned" players are not so prone to the marketing lingo of the producers - i've seen descriptions of strings that "enhance" the sweetspot, as well as racquets of "respectable" producers which seem to have the sweetspot including also the frame.

there are also some truly misleading "reports" from "reputable" institutions like the rsi which tells you that according to their stiffness measurements you can literally predict the behaviour of the string. there are also fellowmembers of this board who take this as gospel and you are likely to get some truly "scientific" debates over this.

in my opinion though up&comer is not really affected by this sort of information.

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What are you even talking about? Not only is he right, but he's being about as objective as anyone I've ever seen post.

I strung it the same as B5E/Thunder Blast being 52/56 on a lockout. My description of the stringing experience to PVAudio was a little more colorful than I can get away with posting here. It was still good to finally work with it.

If one has three rackets, one may string two of them with the multi cross (Thunderblast in this case) and have one strung with the gut cross for those "important matches"" where you want the best stringbed available.

If one has three rackets, one may string two of them with the multi cross (Thunderblast in this case) and have one strung with the gut cross for those "important matches"" where you want the best stringbed available.

Up&comer-I am:
a former high school player and i could have played at a d3 school, but taking a year off,so i am good, not great, but i know what i am doing.
Im swinging a radical mp stock(with leather and og). and ive been playing with a full bed of a 3rd gen poly. I like it but im not that strong of guy so i need a little bit more power. but i need to keep that spin because that's how i play (think andy murray)

with that all in mind, can you recommend a solid set-up that is also budget friendly. maybe 20bucks per racket er so.

Up&comer-I am:
a former high school player and i could have played at a d3 school, but taking a year off,so i am good, not great, but i know what i am doing.
Im swinging a radical mp stock(with leather and og). and ive been playing with a full bed of a 3rd gen poly. I like it but im not that strong of guy so i need a little bit more power. but i need to keep that spin because that's how i play (think andy murray)

with that all in mind, can you recommend a solid set-up that is also budget friendly. maybe 20bucks per racket er so.

thanks

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For lots of spin and power, you might want to look at guts like pacific classic and msv co-focus for a cross. If you want lower power, you could use black5edge or scorpion as a cross.

If you still want a lower power level, you could try scorpion mains and maybe babolat addiction crosses.

Up&comer-I am:
a former high school player and i could have played at a d3 school, but taking a year off,so i am good, not great, but i know what i am doing.
Im swinging a radical mp stock(with leather and og). and ive been playing with a full bed of a 3rd gen poly. I like it but im not that strong of guy so i need a little bit more power. but i need to keep that spin because that's how i play (think andy murray)

with that all in mind, can you recommend a solid set-up that is also budget friendly. maybe 20bucks per racket er so.

thanks

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I used the stock Rad MP for a few months, and found the best combo of spin and power to be a full bed of Polystar Energy. More power than most polys out there, and still retains the control and spin of poly. Tension loss can be an annoying feature of the string, but once you find the right tension, it's great!

hi U&C, just wanted to ask about your final thoughts about
RIP VS thunderblast -
I noticed the only main differences you wrote were
Durability and softness..
Any conclutions on that ? (Thunderblast got 6.5- was that mainly the color loss or were there other aspects?)
Thanks.

hi U&C, just wanted to ask about your final thoughts about
RIP VS thunderblast -
I noticed the only main differences you wrote were
Durability and softness..
Any conclutions on that ? (Thunderblast got 6.5- was that mainly the color loss or were there other aspects?)
Thanks.

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Thunderblast was stiffer, felt better, and was sooo much more predictable.